| Day of the Bees Contributor(s): Sanchez, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 037570177X ISBN-13: 9780375701771 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: Day of the Bees" celebrates passion and creativity as it explores the links between love and violence, art and war, and reveals the sacrifices made for love?of person and country. An American art historian is seeking to discover why the famous painter Zermano abandoned his beautiful muse Louise during World War II. Visiting Louise's cottage in Provence after her death, the scholar finds letters that carry across a panoramic landscape of fifty years and piece together a tempestuous affair with tragic conclusions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.23" W x 8" (0.60 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
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| Publisher Description: Day of the Bees celebrates passion and creativity as it explores the links between love and violence, art and war, and reveals the sacrifices made for love--of person and country. An American art historian is seeking to discover why the famous painter Zermano abandoned his beautiful muse Louise during World War II. Visiting Louise's cottage in Provence after her death, the scholar finds letters that carry across a panoramic landscape of fifty years and piece together a tempestuous affair with tragic conclusions. |